Binder reel



June l2, 1928.

. .1,673,052 C. W. MEYER BINDER REEL l Filed May 27, 1926 ,1, /6

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UNITED STATES CHARLES W. MEYER, OF NEAR JONESBORO, TEXAS.

BINDER REEL.

Application led May 27, 1926. Serial No. 112,080.

This invention relates to binder reels and more particularly to a binderreel so constructed that the number of grain engaging slats thereof maybe conveniently changed.

Grain binders as at present constructed are incapable of anyconsiderable range ofr obtained by the use of ten lslats upon the reel.In other stands, where the grain is tall and very light, but three slatsmay be required upon the reel and accordingly between these two limits,it is desirous that any number of slats may be employed. It is, ofcourse, desirous that regardless of the number of slats, these slats beas nearly as possible uniformly distributed. Accordingly, a morespecific object of this invention is the provision of a grain binderreel upon which three, four, iive, six, eight or ten slats may beemployed and these slats uniformly distributed about the periphery ofthe reel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be very readily and cheaply produced, which will bedurable and eiiicient in service and a general improvement in the art.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is showna preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is an innerface view of a reel hub for grain binders constructed in accordance withmy invention, four slat arms being shown therein in solid lines, fiveslat arms being indicated in dotted lines in their respective positions;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view therethrough on the line 2--2 ofFigure 1;

Figure 3 is an outer face view of the shaft engaging portion of the hub;

Figure 4 is a section o-n the line @l-- of Figure 1.

' Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10generally designates a reel shaft engaging member which may have anysuitable means for clamping the same thereto. In the present instance,

the shaft 11 is shown as provided with a key 12 and the. member 10 witha keyway for the reception of this key. The member 1() is further split,as at 13, and provided with clamping ears le whereby it may be drawntogether to bind upon the same and prevent any longitudinal movement ofthe member 10. The shaft engaging member 10 is provided with a iange 15to which the reel arm supports 16 may be secured. In accordance with myinvention, adjacent the member L10, this flange is formed with a seriesof openings 17, each adapted to receive a bolt or similar securingelement 18 directed through an opening formed in the innerend of a slatarm 16.

Adjacent its periphery, the flange 15 is provided with a second seriesof openings 19,' preferably**arrangedy in pairs and having the openingsof each pair similarly spaced at opposite sides of a radius from theaxis of the iiange 15 drawn through one of the openings of the series17. These pairs of openings are to receive securing elements 20 directedthrough openings formed in ears 21 upon theends of the arms of U-shapedmembers 22 which vstraddle the associated arm 16 to clamp the same tothe flange 15. The arms 16 will, of course, be secured to one face ofthe flange 15 and upon the opposite face thereof, I preferably provideradial lines 23, each intersecting one opening 17 and extending betweenthe pairs of openings 19. Each of theseJ lines is numbered to designatewhether` the associated opening 17 and pair of openings 19 are to beemployed when a given number of slats are to be applied to the reel. Forexample, one of these lines may have associated therewith the numbers10, 8, 6, 5, 4 and 3 indicating that the openings 17 and 19 which areassociated with the radial lines are to be employed to secure an arm 16in position if any of these numbers represents the number of slats whichare to be provided upon the complete reel. An adjacent line may havethereon a single number as 10 indicating that the associated openingsare to be employed only when ten slats are to be placed upon the reel.It will be obvious that the arms may be very readily applied to the reeland that no diiiiculty will be experienced in so arranging the arms thatthe slats are uniformly spaced.

It will, of course, be understood that the particular hub and iiangeconstruction illustrated are intended solely as illustration, as theinvention is capable of application to the reel hubs of binders ofdifferent makes, in some of which the flanges are at right angles to thehubs and in others of which the flanges are at more less of an acuteangle thereto. Furthermore, `these flanges may be either 'formedintegrally With the hub, as herein illustrated, or may be attachedthereto. It will be noted that a reel hub of this construction providesa much better supportx for the Slat arms than that ordinary reel hub.

Since the invention is capable of other changes Without in any mannerdeparting from the spirit oi my'invention, I do not limit myself tothe'speeiiic structure hereinbefore set forth except as hereinafterclaimed.

I elairnzfl'. A binder reel structure comprising a sleeve adapted toreceive a shaft, means for clamping the sleeve upon the shaft, thesleeve being provided at oneend Witha flangef disposed in a planesubstantially at a. right angle to .the axis .of the sleeve, said flangebeing-provided with bolt openings arranged provided the in pairs, themembers 'of the pairs of openings being located at diametricallyopposite sides of the sleeve, and graduation characters provided uponthe face of the liange adjacent the respective pairs of openings.

2. A binder reel structure comprising a sleeve adapted to receive ashaft, means for clamping the sleeve in position upon the shalt, saidsleeve being provided at one end With a flange lyingin 'a plane disposedsubstantially at a right angle to the axis of the sleeve, said flangebeing provided with s everal pairs otV bolt openings, the members of thepairs of bolt openings being located at diametrically'opposite sides ofthe sleeve and lines provided upon ythe face of the flange andldisposedA radially With relation to the sleeve and leadingapproximatelytoward the respeetivebolt openings and graduation characters vprovidedupon 4the flange atsaid ,radially disposed lines and adjacent themembers or' the respective pairs volf bolt openings.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto aiix myl signature.

CHARLES W. MEYER.

